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Illustrious rapper Kendrick Lamar is set to release his companion album to Damn. It’s been five years in the making since the last album, but Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers will be out May 13. This will mark his final release with Top Dawg Entertainment. “As I produce my final TDE album, I feel joy to have been a part of such a cultural imprint after 17 years,” the rapper stated.

Across various cultures and belief systems, the color orange symbolizes sunshine, creativity, heat, freedom, fascination, and fire. Mt. Joy channels this bright, bold, and brilliant energy on their 2022 third full-length offering, Orange Blood, which is set to release on June 17th via Island Records. Mt. Joy are continuing their 70s sleek groove with the mellow “Orange Blood” which happens to be the title of their song as well. Matt Quinn croons “We go driving on the interstate/acid took us on a date/orange blood dripping from the sun”. Check out the clip below.

Today NO SWOON officially release their sophomore album called Take Your Time. The album is an honest lyrical take on the pandemic with keyboards and synthesizers driving its sound. The NYC duo Tasha Abbott & Zack Nestel-Patt will be performing in Los Angeles come May. Abbott says, “These are some of the most personal songs we’ve written yet. Like most people during the pandemic, we were forced to shut everything down and had so much time to think and reflect on what was going on, which eventually led to reflecting about our life in general and how we got to…

Florence and the Machine have released another glorious tune from her new upcoming album Dance Fever–out May 13. It’s an epic ode to finding love. The video is just as epic as it’s set in a 1930’s speakeasy/restaurant. Check out the video for “My Love” below.

Liverpool rockers The Mysterines, reminiscent of 90s rock act Garbage, are putting the sex back in sexy. Their debut album, Reeling, is an alt rock/blues assault on the senses. The album is due out March 11. The band, barely out of their teens, have released the first single “Dangerous” and it screams Shirley Manson meets Courtney Love. Lia Metcalfe’s vocals are an alt rock dream and when the first chords play off “Dangerous” it brings you back to 1992 in a grimy club somewhere. The band is out to promote the new album with a North American world tour. See…

Indie rock act Spirit of the Bear just released “Wires” and it’s a gorgeous sleek throwback. “I’m falling/Without a parachute” sings lead singer James Harker with all his vulnerability. The song depicts the ups and downs of a relationship.  The irresistible sax though makes us wanting more.

Punk rockers PUP are back with a ditty called “Matilda”. The song is about a guitar, simply put. “Matilda is the name of my favourite guitar. She was a gift from my friend Ryan, after watching me accidentally break the only guitar I owned in the middle of a long tour. I had no money to buy a replacement, and Ryan’s act of kindness is up there on my list of “nicest things anyone’s ever done for me”. I played Matilda nonstop for 7 years at every PUP show, even when my bandmates started complaining that she sounded like shit.…

The Afghan Whigs are back with a new rock song, the first since 2017’s Spades. The veteran rock act spans three decades of rock music. The band puts the rock back in rock and roll with this new song. Listen to the electrifying “Ill Make You See God” below and check out their tour dates below the video. THE AFGHAN WHIGS U.S. MAY 2022 TOUR DATES 05/11                Fort Lauderdale, FL                Culture Room 05/12                Tampa, FL               …

Power rock trio Sunflower Bean have announced Headful of Sugar, their first album since 2018’s Twentytwo In Blue. The first single “Who Put You Up To This?” is a laid back soft sensual rock jam and Modern Frequency has the video for you below. Vocalist and bassist Julia Cumming (she/her), guitarist and vocalist Nick Kivlen (he/him), and drummer Olive Faber (she/they) are New York City’s Sunflower Bean. “Tomorrow is not promised, no tour is promised, no popularity is promised, no health or money is promised,” bassist/vocalist Julia Cumming says. “Why not make what you want to make on your own…

Vance Joy has had multiple hits out by now. His new song, called “Don’t Fade”, a slow tempo rhythmic song, is about a lover who wants their counterpart to stay. Vance says this about the new tune: “I wrote ‘Don’t Fade’ with my friend and frequent songwriting partner Dave Bassett toward the end of 2019. It came as a surprise and felt like a special discovery. I like writing about that feeling of timelessness you get when you’re with someone you love. When we came to produce the song, I had the great fortune to work with Take a Daytrip,…